Author: Jessie Louthan

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, or worse, not had access to the Internet because of Superstorm Sandy (we here at TDWUS would like to express our condolences for those that have lost loved ones in this unfortunate incident), then you’re well aware of what’s been transpiring over in China. If not, then click…

The newest Toyota recall isn’t from the parent company , but rather involving their Scion division’s city car (and Smart Fortwo competitor) iQ, for what appears to be faulty Occupant Classification System (OCS) weight sensor cables. This works in conjunction with the new(er) generation “smart” airbag system. Basically, the OCS monitors things like airbag deployment,…

The benchmark for crude oil prices for the United States is based on using a light sweet grade formally known as the West Texas Intermediate (WTI, or also informally known as Texas light sweet). Moreover, one of the major factors that contributes to determining the daily spot (a single sales transaction of an unit of…

In a development that is surprising to absolutely no one (unless you’re new to this country, to which I say, welcome!), it has been learned that complaints of the driver’s door window switch were first reported to Toyota, back in 2008. In case you have not heard, this resulted in a Toyota recall of 7.43 million Toyotas…

Thanks to the brave workers at a Toyota SA (South African) supplier taking a stand against the Toyota Motor Corporation, their hand was forced into suspending production. As this shutdown continues on, Toyota estimates that it will lose about 700 vehicles for everyday that the plant and its workers are idled. Of those, approximately half…

In a rather surprising stance against electric vehicles, a poll recently indicated that most Toyota dealers (85% to be exact) agreed with Toyota’s decision to pull the plug on the all-electric Scion iQ, just a week before its debut at the Paris Auto Show. Toyota’s reasoning for this was that electric cars “do not meet society’s needs”. Now,…

According to a recent Consumer Reports test (I know, CR…bear with me on this one), the emergency trunk release on the 2013 Lexus ES and GS saloons (that’s sedans for Americans) is reportedly defective. More specifically, if the trunk release is pulled the wrong way, the handle easily breaks. This may not seem like…

Due to the conclusive findings of the NHTSA, Toyota Motor Company has announced another massive Toyota recall that concerns the driver’s side power window master switch. More specifically, it could develop a “notching or sticky feel” to it, and if customers and/or technicians attempt to repair this themselves, then this may increase the risk of…

(Editor’s note: I originally wrote this article as an academic report for my Technical Writing class for the Fall 2012 semester. I have modified it slightly to fit the format of this website, as some information was not relevant to the article. Since it pertains to every driver out there, I felt that it was…

According to a recent Yahoo! Autos article, it just might be…but for reasons that you may or may not be aware of. It appears that many of these vehicles in this report would be classified as a small car, with a couple of notable exceptions, such as the Mitsubishi Galant (currently the worst car being sold today)….